Cross Country Skiing – Rainbow Lakes Campground

On Sunday, we braved the weather and drove up to Nederland to go “Backcountry” skiing.

We left the house around 8am and got up to Nederland around 10am. We stopped for coffee & baked goods (a macaroon, apple turnover, and orange scone).

We arrived at the parking lot on County Road 116 and started skiing around 11:15am. Here we are at the start:

About 10 minutes down Road 116, and you reach this sign, where the road to the campsite breaks off to the left…

About 30 minutes into the ski, we stopped for a short break:

After about 1.5 hours of skiing, we reached this bridge. Here’s Kat looking totally fresh! From this point, it was about 50 minutes more to get to the campgrounds.

WE MADE IT TO THE Rainbow Lakes Campground!!!

It took about 1.5 hours to make it back to the car. It’s 4.5 miles to/from the Rainbow Lakes Campground with about 800 feet of elevation gain, so the ski back is super fun! We made wonderful time getting back to the car, with Emma & I swapping lead. Here’s Kat celebrating upon return to the parking lot!

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